Date: 02/01/2000 7:49 AM
Subject: Regarding File Number SR-NYSE-99-47
Regarding the proposed increase of account margins. May I suggest that this
more than 12 fold increase will put and undue burden on small investors. A
more reasonable course would be to double the current margin requirement to
account for increased market volatility and to increase warnings and
educational materials for inexperienced investors.
Brent Aston